Welcome Yeshua’s Yeladim

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• Please don’t talk when others are talking.

• Please raise your hand if you would like to ask a question.

• Please keep your hands and feet to yourself.

• You must ask to leave the room.

ACHAREI MOT AND KEDOSHIM

“Loving Your Neighbor”

Vayikra/Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27

What is Holiness?

• To be holy means to be different or special.

• God wants Believers to act and think differently than the world.

Holy Living

• One way we can be holy is to follow God’s commandments or Mitzvot.

• God wants us to be holy, just like He is.

• God thinks that people are important and He wants us to think the same thing.

We must not hate our brother:

• A negative commandment

• This commandment not to hate is not just about your flesh-and-blood brother or sister.

• We need to watch out and help one another.

But love him as yourself...

• v'ahavta l're'akha kamokha - ani Adonai

• Would you do things that would hurt yourself?

• But who is your neighbor?

Yeshua Tells A Story

• The story teaches about helping others even if they are different than us.

• One day a man who was well-educated in the Torah asked Yeshua a question.

• Yeshua asked the man what the Bible said.

• Yeshua told the man that his answer was right.

A Man Who Was Attacked

• A Jewish man was walking from Jerusalem to Jericho when he was attacked by robbers.

• They took all of his money and left him half dead on the side of the road.

Those Who Passed By

• Soon a priest/cohen came by.

• He went to the other side of the road and did not help the man.

• A man who was not liked by most Jews came by.

The Good Samaritan

• He was from a place called Samaria

• Samaritans were disliked by some of the Jews.

• They were considered outcasts.

Helping People Who Are Different Than Us

• He stopped and helped the man.

• He put medicine on his wounds.

• Took him to a hotel, where he continued to look after the hurt man.

• The Samaritan gave the owner of the hotel some money and asked him to care for the man.

Who was the Neighbor?

• “Which one of these men was a neighbor to the hurt man--the priest, the Levite, or the Samaritan?”

• We can be kind like the Samaritan.

• The Samaritan would be like someone who is different from us.

Loving God Means Loving People

• We must love people because God loves people.

• We cannot say that we love God who we cannot see, and not love a person who we can see.

Yeshua Loves People Too

• Yeshua cares for us like the Samaritan cared for the man.

• He loves us so much that He did something to help us.

• Yeshua also wants us to be kind to others.

Let’s Learn Hebrew!

• “Ahavah”

• “Love”

What Did We Learn Today?

• We learned what it means to be holy as God is holy.

• We learned what it means to love your neighbor as yourself.

• We learned to help those in need even if they are different than us.

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